Senior Engineer L2 Middleware
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Job Summary
Presidio Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future
At Presidio were at the forefront of a global technology revolution transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses - and their internal customers - to achieve more through innovation automation and intelligent insights.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Incident Management & Monitoring
- Monitor middleware platform health via APM/ITSM tools (DataDog Dynatrace Splunk IBM Tivoli or equivalent)
- Acknowledge triage and classify incidents per SLA priorities (P1P4)
- Perform first-level troubleshooting and apply known fixes using runbooks and knowledge base articles
- Escalate unresolved incidents to L3 architects with complete diagnostic artifacts (logs thread dumps heap dumps MQ channel states)
- Execute scheduled maintenance tasks: restarts deployments patching activities under change management windows
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
- Monitor JVM health thread pools JDBC connections and transaction timeouts
- Restart application servers node agents and deployment managers as per escalation procedures
- Deploy EAR/WAR application artifacts via Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) or wsadmin scripting
- Collect JVM heap dumps thread dumps using javacore/heapcore diagnostics and IBM Support Assistant
- Review and FFDCs for error pattern identification
IBM MQ
- Monitor queue depths channel status listener availability and dead-letter queues (DLQ)
- Restart stopped channels; clear inhibited queues under approved procedures
- Use MQ Explorer runmqsc and dspmq commands for diagnostics
- Purge DLQ messages and replay messages using approved tools per change control
- Monitor MQ cluster health and report replication/synchronization anomalies
IBM API Connect & DataPower
- Monitor API gateway health API call volumes error rates and latency dashboards
- Identify and escalate API policy failures backend connectivity issues and TLS certificate warnings
- Perform DataPower service restarts and domain health checks using the XML Management Interface or WebGUI
- Review DataPower probe logs and troubleshoot XML/JSON transformation errors
IBM Event Streams (Kafka)
- Monitor broker health consumer group lag topic partition status and replication factors
- Identify stalled consumers and dead consumers; escalate with lag metrics
- Restart Kafka brokers/ZooKeeper nodes per runbook under change management
Oracle WebLogic & Service Bus
- Monitor WebLogic Administration Console for server state JDBC pool utilization and JMS queue depths
- Restart Managed Servers and Node Managers per escalation procedures
- Monitor Oracle Service Bus (OSB) proxy services business services and alert rules
- Review server logs garbage collection logs and JVM diagnostics via WLST or console
OpenShift / Container Operations
- Monitor pod health deployment rollout status and resource utilization (CPU/Memory) using OCP console or kubectl/oc CLI
- Restart failing pods; report CrashLoopBackOff ImagePullBackOff and OOMKilled events to L3
- Collect pod logs and events using oc logs and oc describe for escalation
- Support containerized middleware (WAS Liberty MQ on OpenShift DataPower Gateway operator) day-2 operations
Process & Documentation
- Maintain shift handover logs and incident status updates in ITSM tools (ServiceNow Jira Remedy)
- Create and update runbooks knowledge base articles and post-incident reports for recurring issues
- Participate in daily stand-ups shift briefings and weekly service review calls
- Adhere to ITIL-based incident change and problem management processes
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent technical discipline (or equivalent work experience)
- 35 years of experience in middleware or application support roles with hands-on middleware administration and incident management experience
- Experience operating in a 247 NOC SOC or managed services environment preferred
Technical Skills
- Proficiency with at least 2 of the core technologies: IBM WAS IBM MQ IBM API Connect IBM DataPower IBM Event Streams Oracle WebLogic Oracle Service Bus
- Basic Linux/Unix command-line proficiency (file system navigation log analysis process management)
- Familiarity with containerization concepts (Docker Kubernetes/OpenShift)
- Understanding of TCP/IP networking SSL/TLS HTTP/HTTPS protocols relevant to middleware
- Experience with ITSM tooling: ServiceNow BMC Remedy or Jira Service Management
- Ability to read and interpret Java stack traces thread dumps and application logs
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS
- IBM Certified System Administrator WebSphere Application Server
- IBM Certified MQ Administrator
- Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Administration
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (EX280) or equivalent
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- IBM Cloud Pak for Integration training/certification
BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES
- Strong communication skills ability to clearly document and communicate incident status to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to remain calm systematic and methodical during high-pressure P1 incidents
- Self-motivated proactive in identifying patterns and recommending permanent fixes
- Team player capable of effective shift-based collaboration across time zones
- Willingness to work rotational shifts including nights weekends and holidays
Your future at Presidio
JoiningPresidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers - thinkers builders and collaborators - who push the boundaries of whats possible. With our expertise AI-driven analytics cloud solutions cybersecurity and next-gen infrastructure we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital world.
Here your impact is real. Whether youre harnessing the power of Generative AI architecting resilient digital ecosystems or driving data-driven transformation youll be part of a team that is shaping the future.
Ready to innovate Lets redefine whats next-together.
AboutPresidio
Presidiois committed to hiring the most qualified candidates to join our amazing culture. We aim to attract and hire top talent from all backgrounds including underrepresented and marginalized communities. We encourage women people of color people with disabilities and veterans to apply for open roles at Presidio. Diversity of skills and thought is a key component to our business success.
At Presidio speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation security networking digital transformation and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps removes hurdles optimizes costs and reduces risk. Presidios expert technical team develops custom applications provides managed services and enables actionable data insights and builds forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit
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About Company
Presidio is a global digital solutions and services provider delivering software-defined cloud, collaboration and security solutions to customers of all sizes.